On one hand, this is a *quality message that I totally approve of.

But, damn you eric!!! I refuse to *promote the freakin' Spice Girls....

oops

That comment is a reflection on what I hear on a daily basis.
Perhaps my wordage is off, but the stuff coming at us 24-7 is created by studios, not musicians. So much of what I hear is produced by guys sitting at mixer boards and computers.
My comment isn't aimed at every person out there making music, in fact I know there are lots of musicians out there with talent and skill..., but we never get to hear them over all the crap being dealt out by the industry which is breeding Egos as musicians. (I'd choose Beck over Beyonce any day of the week.)

Sure, I know, it may seem like I'm digging a hole and jumping in but the system is broken and the good music is being squelched. Maybe not 100% of the time, but listen to the music. The electronic age is filtering everything out of the music, no more drummer, no guitar, auto tune, synthetic voice. where is all the character? Where are all the happy accidents that real music serves us. How many of today's artistes (on the charts) can serve us music without a guy mixing it to make them sound good, double tracking, and keeping their voices in tune? I know these tricks have been used for years but never to the extent they are being used today.

I remember a quote by Niel Young, way back when he was recording. The guys at the board keep telling him he wasn't hitting the note, and his answer was "Hey, that's my style man!" So they had to leave it in, and the result was great. Pure Niel Young.

So, I guess it's not so much the musicians out there, so much as it is the recording studios, and the system of pump out the next clone hit...

It was Tony James that initiated this era, back when he created Sigue Sigue Sputnik. He had a dream, a vision of what the band looked and sounded like. He hired people that looked like what he wanted, none could play music, he taught them three chords and they they became the number one, unrecorded, unsigned band in history, and EMI finally Won (relative term) by offering them the most money. From that point all the music was produces electronically in the studio. It sounded like crap, but I loved it. It was new and sounded different. And people ate it up. The studios caught on, and realized they didn't need musicians any more, they always wanted money. It made more sense to hire nobodies, they were a dime a dozon and they could be made to sound any way they wanted them too. Just like the Boy Bands and Girl Bands (Spice girls, Pussy Cat Dolls)

Okay... so I'm rambling now..., it's been a long day...
The industry feeds us synthetic garbage because it's cheep, makes money and is easily replaced by the next song/artist.

Meanwhile the real artists are doing everything they can to get recognized and struggle to make a living giving us their soul served in a song and doing everything they can to be heard over the sounds of the industry.

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>> ^oritteropo:

That's odd, I was SURE you'd be a Spice Girls fan. He's Mr. Posh Spice!
>> ^ant:
I don't even know who he is.



Nope, I don't like them and their songs.

That's odd, I was SURE you'd be a Spice Girls fan. He's Mr. Posh Spice!
>> ^ant:

I don't even know who he is.

>> ^ChaosEngine:

Yeah, atkins sucks. And so does dial-up internet and the spice girls.
Anything else that died out a few years ago that he wants to rail against?


He's talking about low carb high protein diets though really and they have definitely not died out.

Yeah, atkins sucks. And so does dial-up internet and the spice girls.

Anything else that died out a few years ago that he wants to rail against?

LOL MAXIMUM FAIL

MAKING A VIDEO THAT'S AGAINST DISCRIMINATION BUT ONLY HAS WOMEN IN IT IS SELF DEFEATING.

by only having women in the video it communicates that only men have weird attitudes to women gamers and also has the effect of alienating women father and setting it up as a men V women situation , its about as affective as the spice girls shouting "GIRL POWER "

If you want to make a video to counter discrimination then make a choherant argument and explaining why its stupid.

Or simply play games and rightfully call out and draw attention to bullshit when it happens.

I started to notice this very issue back in the 90's. When the Spice Girls became popular.

more of a pussycat dolls than spice girls.

Possibly, yes. Though I´d like to imagine it was all done without.

@2:27 somebody seems to be holding the curtains shut, which makes me think they just HAD to have some bits where they could compensate for timing issues! (Similar to the Spice Girls in "Wannabe" which I was told had a few cleverly hidden bits that were edited later.) Edit: Can anyone find a Making of Clip for Wannabe?


Otherwise this would just be too mindboggling.
Or CGI of yourse.

>> ^dgandhi:
Nice CGI.

>> ^Payback:
I finished before I upvoted.


That sounds eerily similar to my sex life!

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>> ^spoco2:
^ I didn't know Fifth Gear was ever anything BUT a complete rip off of Top Gear, and a piss poor one at that.
The thing that makes Top Gear fascinating for me is the hosts by and large. The challenges are pretty cool (The Shuttle one still ranks as one of my favourite moments on tv), but it's the hosts that make them entertaining.
Having said that... this was pretty awesome


We are talking about Channel Five here, a channel whose sister station was named 'Fiver' because that's how much its television shows cost to make. Or that's what one of the Spice Girls told me.